MIPS Technologies (MIPS)

Prohibition. Tenant shall not,
without the prior written consent of Landlord, assign, mortgage, hypothecate,
encumber, grant any license or concession, pledge or otherwise transfer this
Lease or any interest herein, permit any assignment or other such transfer of
this Lease or any interest hereunder by operation of law, sublet the Premises or
any part thereof, or permit the use of the Premises by any persons other than
Tenant, to the extent permitted by Section 12.9 below, Affiliates of Tenant (as
defined below) and Tenant’s Representatives (all of the foregoing are sometimes
referred to collectively as “Transfers” and any person to whom any Transfer is
made or sought to be made is sometimes referred to as a
“Transferee”). No consent

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to any
Transfer shall constitute a waiver of the provisions of this Section, and all
subsequent Transfers may be made only with the prior written consent of
Landlord, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, but which consent
shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.